State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Rekieta, Kayla Rekieta, April Imholte

Will Nicholas Rekieta take the plea deal offered to him?


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Wow. I don't know whose dick he sucked to get that deal, but he did slurp some dick. I guess the real question now is, what about the footage?
He's a first time offender though. They weren't ever going to crucify him. My little brother went on a crime rampage (due to addiction) that was much worse than what Nick is charged with and he got a couple years probation and suspended sentence.

I hope we can still get the footage. I've quite literally prayed for this and I'm a cringe atheist.
 
Feel bad for the kids. Even if this fucker straightens out his life (he won't) nothing can take away the painful memories.
Maybe the youngest ones are lucky enough for time to make the memories faded and fuzzy, but for the older ones, idk how you'd ever look at your parents the same way again.

If there's any justice in this world, this dumbfuck & k-hole Kayla screw themselves over ASAP, if only so the kids can move on in life to hopefully a better future.
 
Feel bad for the kids. Even if this fucker straightens out his life (he won't) nothing can take away the painful memories.
Maybe the youngest ones are lucky enough for time to make the memories faded and fuzzy, but for the older ones, idk how you'd ever look at your parents the same way again.

If there's any justice in this world, this dumbfuck & k-hole Kayla screw themselves over ASAP, if only so the kids can move on in life to hopefully a better future.
I mean, won't ingesting cocaine, like at least one of Rekieta household kids has been proven to, fuck up your body? It's going to go beyond just fuzzy and faded memories for some.
 
I mean, won't ingesting cocaine, like at least one of Rekieta household kids has been proven to, fuck up your body? It's going to go beyond just fuzzy and faded memories for some.
At her age, it may have some life long effects on her brain chemistry, but I doubt anything serious physically. I don't think there's any evidence that adults trying it once have lifelong physical effects. Problem is, very few try it once and never again.
 
He's a first time offender though. They weren't ever going to crucify him. My little brother went on a crime rampage (due to addiction) that was much worse than what Nick is charged with and he got a couple years probation and suspended sentence.

Fair punishment wouldn't have been crucifixion. And I hate the outcome for your brother (sorry, but if your brother did much worse he should have gotten worse).

I once knew someone who got picked up on a military base for shoplifting a little over $100 of stuff (making it a technical grand larceny/felony at the time, line btw grand/felony and petit/misdemeanor being $100; I think the GL amount is higher now, not sure). Sure, different deal doing it on a military base, and that made it a Federal charge, but civilian adults committing crimes on military bases are under civilian jurisdiction and appear before a Fed magistrate. This person was under 21 (but over 18.) (a dependent, not an active-duty person). First-time offender, impeccable reputation, bright future ahead, though obviously stupid af. And the videotape did not lie. After appearing without a lawyer and trying to plead guilty, the magistrate said gtfo, not accepting that at this time, go get a lawyer. Got a lawyer, got into a diversion program positioned to the top-level misdemeanor rather than the lowest-level felony, and got probation for a year + 100 hours community service. (And bc an offense on base, also barred from the base and their sponsor (parent) got called before the CO.)

But even allowing for the Federal/military base angle, the overall charges were FAR lower in terms of degree than Nick's, yet that person got a much greater proportion of accountability relative to the charge - it dropped a degree to a misdemeanor, bc they were barely over, but there were no other charges, no children or guns, no one else impacted. And they got more hours of community service in the year probation than Nick has to do should have done CLE in 6 years.

Sick that a then-42-yo lawyer and father of 5 caught for possessing 2nd degree felony amounts of cocaine will have similar or lesser consequences than a stupid idiot young adult pocketing random minor stuff, even if both of them were adults and knew or should have known better and that what they were doing was highly illegal.

On reviewing all this in my mind, though I think Nick deserves far more than he's likely to get, perhaps the person I knew should have gotten far less for the crime. I have mixed feelings.

On one hand, theft is a crime (as is drug possession). And there's a sort of special status in my mind for military bases - of all the "people" not to steal from, the military is a bad choice, not just bc of consequences, or that it was this person's parent's employer, but also bc I value the military, etc.

On the other hand, I know that this experience fucked that kid up for decades with the shame of it and fear of its impact on the future. Perhaps a fine (plus the military-specific consequences of base ban and sponsor being reprimanded) but no reportable record would have sufficed.

But if a military base for the locus is a special circumstance with extra consequences for a wobble-level crime, then surely a high-level felony + kids + guns should intensify the outcome even more.

Tl; dr: Nick should be on his knees thanking God, his lawyer, the judge, and the prosecutor for his sweetheart outcome. He should be chastened into perfect behavior for the rest of his life for this break. He should shut up and crawl into a hole for years, and dedicate himself to finally learning his fucking craft and using it for pro bono work that helps people who are actually being treated unfairly by the system and anti-drug efforts, and stresses the importance of not committing crimes.

He won't, of course, because he's an unrepentant asshole driven by ego and a personality disorder...but he should.
 
Maybe the youngest ones are lucky enough for time to make the memories faded and fuzzy, but for the older ones, idk how you'd ever look at your parents the same way again.
The thing is, it's very early in your life that you get developmental lessons and reach conclusions about what the world is like. If the world is like what the Balldo King and his Benzo Queen whore wife provided them, they will learn the world is a chaotic, fucked-up place with cops kicking in the doors and taking them out of their home, and then being returned to unreliable drugged-out lunatics.

They may not have specific memories of how awful it was, but their entire outlook on life was formed in that period of time. They now view the world as a dark and scary place, because that's where they lived.

The ones who actually lived through it in a time they can remember the details of it, I at least hope they have the sense to hate their vile, repulsive parents and realize they got a raw deal getting "raised" by these worthless assholes.
 
Honestly Nick had a lot going for him to get a nice deal, he probably would've done better had he not been a tool about the local legal community. He has access to money, he has a brood of retards, he's married, he was a lawyer, and this is his first major offence.

I know a guy who got into an altercation with his landlord and ended up putting his hands around her neck. Cops come, they see the guy's wife who happens to be holding their newborn infant and when they talk to her she proceeds to shit on the landlord. No arrests are made, and the final result is pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and like a 500 dollar fine. Being likable and sympathetic really helps you get away with a lot of shit.
 
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Its very important that people understand that Nick has not 'legally gotten away with everything'

If he can be the government's good little boy for 2 years he'll have no felony conviction and have 'gotten away with everything'

But he does in fact have to be the government's good little boy, and that means he is going to be randomly pissing in a cup for the next 2 years, and if he fucks up, he will have a felony conviction.
He can smugly claim he's gotten away with everything though, and that's why he'll call it a win. What he hasn't gotten away with is the complete destruction of his reputation and popularity. He can't un-torpedo his career. So he'll smugly brag that he is NOT a felon and he is TOTALLY INNOCENT to an ever-diminishing audience giving him fewer and fewer superchats. The Rittenhouse trial and Depp v. Heard were the absolute highest he will ever get and he will never even get 1/10th that far ever again, and he knows it. He can cope all he wants but he'll never be relevant again.
 
I don't know why everyone is acting like he's already finished probation and this is all behind him. He hasn't even been sentenced yet. He's not getting some suspended sentence like Ralph where he can still drink and do drugs. He's going to realistically have to go at least a year with no drugs or alchohol, while being monitored and randomly visited by a probation officer. He's going to basically be a prisoner in his own home. We may even see him get a random visit from his probation officer while he's streaming because they will show up and surprise you to see if they can catch you off guard. You don't get to tell your probation officer that they can't visit while you're streaming. They'll tell Nick where he'll be and when he'll be there. The diversion programs for drug users aren't some slap on the wrist walk in the park for someone like Nick. If he fucks up, or tries to sneak some Galaxy Gas, or throws a temper tantrum and says his probation officer is absolutely bullshit lying, he gets arrested in front of his kids again.
 
I don't know why everyone is acting like he's already finished probation and this is all behind him. He hasn't even been sentenced yet. He's not getting some suspended sentence like Ralph where he can still drink and do drugs. He's going to realistically have to go at least a year with no drugs or alchohol, while being monitored and randomly visited by a probation officer. He's going to basically be a prisoner in his own home. We may even see him get a random visit from his probation officer while he's streaming because they will show up and surprise you to see if they can catch you off guard. You don't get to tell your probation officer that they can't visit while you're streaming. They'll tell Nick where he'll be and when he'll be there. The diversion programs for drug users aren't some slap on the wrist walk in the park for someone like Nick. If he fucks up, or tries to sneak some Galaxy Gas, or throws a temper tantrum and says his probation officer is absolutely bullshit lying, he gets arrested in front of his kids again.
Adding to this: even sufficiently serious traffic violations can violate your probation depending on the nature of the offense. He could potentially get violated if he gets caught driving recklessly again or if he starts shit with the next cop who pulls him over for speeding.

The probation arc is going to be great.
 
Adding to this: even sufficiently serious traffic violations can violate your probation depending on the nature of the offense. He could potentially get violated if he gets caught driving recklessly again or if he starts shit with the next cop who pulls him over for speeding.

The probation arc is going to be great.
"That's crushed Modafinil that I have a prescription for! I crush the pills and put them in my sweet tea because I can't sn-swallow the pills because they get caught in my throat! NO! I'm not getting out of my car, because YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY BULLSHIT LYING, FUCK OFF!"
 
He can smugly claim he's gotten away with everything though, and that's why he'll call it a win. What he hasn't gotten away with is the complete destruction of his reputation and popularity. He can't un-torpedo his career. So he'll smugly brag that he is NOT a felon and he is TOTALLY INNOCENT to an ever-diminishing audience giving him fewer and fewer superchats. The Rittenhouse trial and Depp v. Heard were the absolute highest he will ever get and he will never even get 1/10th that far ever again, and he knows it. He can cope all he wants but he'll never be relevant again.

Mark me. He will spin this as hard as he will spin 'the court gave me back my keeds, so I was obviously NOT a danger to them and NEVER dosed my child with cocaine!' It will be some variation of: 'I was NOT convicted as a felon! I had to take responsibility to protect my FAMILY, and they never put me in jail, so I could not have been THAT guilty!'

Adding to this: even sufficiently serious traffic violations can violate your probation depending on the nature of the offense. He could potentially get violated if he gets caught driving recklessly again or if he starts shit with the next cop who pulls him over for speeding.

The probation arc is going to be great.

I am sure Nick has no idea how much having nigh literal 'fun police' in your life will be. Hs suffering has only begun. I hope the probation officer is a FAT, female, Scandinavian church-going PRUDE!
 
Mark me. He will spin this as hard as he will spin 'the court gave me back my keeds, so I was obviously NOT a danger to them and NEVER dosed my child with cocaine!' It will be some variation of: 'I was NOT convicted as a felon! I had to take responsibility to protect my FAMILY, and they never put me in jail, so I could not have been THAT guilty!'
That's a good way for him gamble with getting his plea thrown out. He can't really defend himself or make it seem like the guilty plea was submitted under duress. He has to be very careful with what he says, which is very difficult for Nick because he's not as slick as he thinks he is.
 
Mark me. He will spin this as hard as he will spin 'the court gave me back my keeds, so I was obviously NOT a danger to them and NEVER dosed my child with cocaine!' It will be some variation of: 'I was NOT convicted as a felon! I had to take responsibility to protect my FAMILY, and they never put me in jail, so I could not have been THAT guilty!'
It's just a repeat of Lowtax's "I HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME" screeds from his downfall. Same page, different book.
 
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